Flush

1. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.
2. To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush.
3. To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
4. To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.

1. To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water; as, to flush the meadows; to flood for the purpose of cleaning; as, to flush a sewer.
2. To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the blush, or to cause to glow with excitement.
3. To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with blood.
4. To excite; to animate; to stir.
5. To cause to start, as a hunter a bird.
6. To cause to flow; to draw water from, or pour it over or through (a pond, meadow, sewer, etc.); to cleanse by means of a rush of water.
To flush a joints (Masonry),
to fill them in; to point the level; to make them flush.

1. To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.
2. To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.

1. A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
2. A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
3. Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood; as, the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset.
4. A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of joy.
5. A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed.
6. A hand of cards, all of the same suit; -- especially significant in poker, where five cards of the same suit constitute a flush, which beats a straight but is beaten by a full house or four of a kind.

1. Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
2. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
3. (Arch. & Mech.) Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint.
4. (Card Playing) Consisting of cards of one suit.
Flush bolt
1. A screw bolt whose head is countersunk, so as to be flush with a surface.
2. A sliding bolt let into the face or edge of a door, so as to be flush therewith.
Flush deck . (Naut.)
See under Deck, n., 1.
Flush tank ,
a water tank which can be emptied rapidly for flushing drainpipes, etc.

1. So as to be level or even.